Genus Youhaiella

Name: Youhaiella Wang et al. 2015

Category, proposed as: genus, gen. nov.

Etymology: You.hai.el’la. N.L. fem. dim. n. Youhaiella, named after Professor Youhai Zhu, a Chinese geologist, in recognition of his leadership and contributions to finding gas hydrates in the Qinghai-Tibet plataeu, China

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Youhaiell-), you-hai-EL-la

Type species: Youhaiella tibetensis Wang et al. 2015

Valid publication: Wang YX, Huang FQ, Nogi Y, Pang SJ, Wang PK, Lv J. Youhaiella tibetensis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from subsurface sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:2048-2055. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:3233-3234.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Paradevosia Geng et al. 2015

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Methyloterrigena Kim et al. 2016	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Paradevosia Geng et al. 2015	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Emendations:
  • Li et al. 2023 Li W, Zi ZD, Ma F, Xie B, Lv J. Genome analysis-based union of the genera Youhaiella and Paradevosia, and proposal that Methyloterrigena soli Kim et al. 2016 is a later heterotypic synonym of Paradevosia shaoguanensis Geng et al. 2015. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5657. 🇨🇳 Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 73, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5937.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Wang et al. (2015) assigned this genus to the family Hyphomicrobiaceae Babudieri 1950 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Wang YX, Huang FQ, Nogi Y, Pang SJ, Wang PK, Lv J. Youhaiella tibetensis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from subsurface sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:2048-2055. 🇨🇳
  • 🚂 For the type species of this genus another name is in use, which is affiliated with the genus Paradevosia Geng et al. 2015. Publication: Li MS. Proposal of Paradevosia tibetensis (Wang et al. 2015) comb. nov. by transferring the species Youhaiella tibetensis to the genus Paradevosia. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6634. 🇹🇼
  • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Using the term "phylogenetic data" (or equivalent) for sequence data is not advocated. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281. 🇬🇧
  • ❗ Youhaiella is the correct name instead if this genus is regarded as a separate genus (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another genus whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority).
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: CGMCC: 2; LMG: 1; JCM: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Youhaiella shaoguanensis (Geng et al. 2015) Li et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name	synonym
    Youhaiella tibetensis Wang et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	synonym

Parent taxon: Devosiaceae Hördt et al. 2020

Assigned by: Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468. 🇩🇪

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